Commelina erecta subsp. erecta C.B.Clarke

Subspecies

Angiosperms > Commelinales > Commelinaceae > Commelina > Commelina erecta

Characteristics

A perennial hermaphrodite herb. It grows 0.75m high.
Life form perennial
Growth form herb
Growth support free-standing
Foliage retention -
Sexuality hermaphrodite
Pollination -
Spread -
Mature width (meter) -
Mature height (meter) 0.75
Root system -
Rooting depth (meter) -
Root diameter (meter) -
Flower color
Blooming months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Fruit color -
Fruiting months
JanFebMar
AprMayJun
JulAugSep
OctNovDec
Nitrogen fixer -
Photosynthetic pathway -

Environment

Light 4-9
Soil humidity 1-5
Soil texture 3-5
Soil acidity 3-7
Soil nutriment -
Hardiness (USDA) 7-10

Usage

Uses medicinal
Edible roots tubers
Therapeutic use Other (sap), Boil (unspecified), Cough (unspecified), Cystitis (unspecified), Depurative (unspecified), Fever (unspecified), Flu (unspecified)
Human toxicity -
Animal toxicity -

Cultivation

Can be grown by cuttings or seedlings.
Mode cuttings seedlings
Germination duration (days) 30 - 37
Germination temperacture (C°) 21
Germination luminosity -
Germination treatment -
Minimum temperature (C°) -
Optimum temperature (C°) -
Size -
Vigor -
Productivity -

Distribution

Commelina erecta subsp. erecta world distribution map, present in Aruba, Angola, Åland Islands, Benin, Bahamas, Belize, Bermuda, Bolivia (Plurinational State of), Botswana, China, Congo, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cayman Islands, Dominica, Ecuador, Spain, Ethiopia, Micronesia (Federated States of), Georgia, Ghana, Gambia, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Haiti, Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Palau, Puerto Rico, Paraguay, Senegal, Somalia, Suriname, eSwatini, Chad, Togo, Tanzania, United Republic of, Uruguay, United States of America, Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of), Yemen, and Zimbabwe

Identifiers

LSID urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77168998-1
WFO ID wfo-0000358822
COL ID 5GKLC
BDTFX ID -
INPN ID 853985
Wikipedia (EN)
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Synonyms

Commelina erecta f. hamipila Commelina erecta f. crispa Commelina angustifolia Commelina assurgens Commelina caripensis Commelina ensifolia Commelina gerrardii Commelina loddigesii Commelina saxicola Commelina undulata Eudipetala deficiens Commelina deficiens Commelina guaranitica Commelina roseopurpurea Commelina swingleana Commelina villosa Commelina vogelii Commelina erecta f. intercursa Commelina erecta f. villosa Commelina aethiopica Commelina angustifolia Commelina erecta f. candida Commelina guineensis Commelina hamipila Commelina nashii Commelina bahiensis Commelina martiana Commelina pohliana Commelina angustifolia Commelina erecta var. angustifolia Commelina erecta subsp. erecta Commelina erecta var. glochidea Commelina elegans var. glabriuscula Commelina elegans var. hirsuta Commelina erecta var. crispa Commelina erecta var. greenei Commelina erecta var. hamipila Commelina undulata var. densevestita Commelina virginica var. angustifolia Commelina virginica var. australis Commelina virginica var. massonii Commelina virginica var. villosa Commelina erecta f. albina Commelina erecta f. cana Commelina bahiensis Commelina erecta f. alba Commelina erecta f. roseopurpurea Commelina sulcata Commelina crispa Commelina elegans Commelina erecta var. deamiana